GAP Insurance

Well the new S3 is on the way and I'm buying it on a PCP. Obviously they're offering me GAP Insurance.
Has anyone took this out through Audi and what sort of monthly cost are you paying if you don't mind me asking? They've quoted me £6/month for return to invoice insurance. Is this a rip off?

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Well the new S3 is on the way and I'm buying it on a PCP. Obviously they're offering me GAP Insurance.
Has anyone took this out through Audi and what sort of monthly cost are you paying if you don't mind me asking? They've quoted me £6/month for return to invoice insurance. Is this a rip off?

Cheers
Graham

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Have a look on google, loads of third party companies offering gap insurance usually at a fraction of the cost then the dealers.

Spoken to the finance guy at Audi and basically they'll do it for £5/month, which over 4 years of the PCP is £240 (£60/yr) which I think is very reasonable. Also if it's with Audi there's no worries about them going bust!!

As above. Audi quote was very high in comparison. Went with ALA vehicle replacement in the end. 4 years at £15K for £169 (with a 10% discount). Happy with that. I was originally considering putting it back a year if I could find an insurance company which did new for old in the first year. A few appear to, but when you look closer, its we'll get an equivalent vehicle but only if there is one in the country! At least this way, even if one has to be ordered from the factory I'm covered.

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Sorry my mistake, its £72 per year, but you saved £6 in total per year & now say that's reasonable, on a £30k car, for me is just being tight, I understand the fact people want good deals, but that's just silly to even consider the cost of this as a rip off based on prices you've quoted.

If you said to me it was £600 a year, then I'd say yes for sure seems very excessive, but for what you're getting & the cost, I'd say its very cheap & well priced.

Sorry my mistake, its £72 per year, but you saved £6 in total per year & now say that's reasonable, on a £30k car, for me is just being tight, I understand the fact people want good deals, but that's just silly to even consider the cost of this as a rip off based on prices you've quoted.

The main issue to worry about is not being stuck in negative equity where the loan amount is more than the insurance amount. If the insurance covers that then is it really any different to trading a car in. Is it really different selling a car losing £5k on purchase price to having a car as an insurance write of and losing £5k on purchase price

There are lots of different types, and lots of different packages and prices, I will look around when my car arrives. the options always make me a little worried, they can affect the insurance pay outs as they are not always part of the car value.

Interesting thought on the issue of insurance companies going bust, maybe buy it on a credit card? Might give you some protection, a bit like when you pay your £1000 car deposit to the dealership and hope they survive the 3+ months before the car arrives.

kinda read all of the above, but who has actually paid for GAP through audi here? think i got quoted circa £700 for the 3 years?
thinking of looking elsewhere

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i got the Audi gap return to invoice insurance, but I got it at a discount, in the end I paid £250 for 4 years, which I thought was really good deal, as the Audi own GAP seams a very good policy compared to the Internet options, ALA seam to be the best of the rest.
I added the gap at the end, a couple of weeks before I picked up car as originally was told £400 for 3 years first time I asked and told they couldn't get down to those sort of prices, I don't know if I just got lucky, but worth another try ?
Good luck either way.

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Just bear in mind that if you take up GAP insurance at a later date i understand the return to invoice price will be based on the cars value at that point(i've probably misunderstood that though). I went for replacement value(called Combined Vehicle Replacement) rather than RTI as it covers the extra cost of replacing your car in the event of future price increases. Gapinsurance123.co.uk, £169 for 3 years.

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Just bear in mind that if you take up GAP insurance at a later date i understand the return to invoice price will be based on the cars value at that point(i've probably misunderstood that though). I went for replacement value(called Combined Vehicle Replacement) rather than RTI as it covers the extra cost of replacing your car in the event of future price increases. Gapinsurance123.co.uk, £169 for 3 years.

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I think you're wrong in connection with the Return to Invoice. I think it means what it says and will pay the difference between what the insurance company offer for the car and the original invoice price when supplied. Some GAP policies can be arranged to start when the car is one year old as a lot of insurance companies have a 'replace the car' clause in the normal insurance until the car is one year old.

Personally I have a Vehicle Replacement policy which will take into account any price increases over the period of the insurance and replace the vehicle with a similar vehicle or as close as can now be supplied as a new car. I paid £215 for a 4 year policy with Direct Gap.

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